In "The Story-Teller," what is meant by the word flicker in the line, "The children’s aroused interest began to flicker?" Their interest goes back and forth in the story. The children's interest is aroused further. They become too tired to be interested. The children's interest is unaffected.

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house

:) if you could invent, create, or do anything, what would it be? and why?

How does the choice of a narrator, persona, or speaker affect the tone of a text? o the choice determines the tone's point of view. o the choice determines how the tone develops in the climax. the choice never impacts the tone(s) in a text. the choice determines how the audience perceives a given tone.